Fastening for breastpins



UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

GASPARD BUHLER, OF NEWARK, vNEWT JERSEY.

l FASTENING Foa BREAsTPlNs.

Specilicatiou forming part .of Letters Patent No. 4 [,678.

clear, and exact description 'of the Same, reference being had to the accompanying drawf ings, making apart of this specification, 1n

Figure l represents a back View of my invention as applied to a shawl-pin. Fig. 2 is a horizontal central section of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar section-0f my invention as applied to a Sleeve-button. Fig. 4 is a modifica tion of the same.

'Similar letters ot reference 'in 'the several' views indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in a singleor double U-shapedelasp hinged to the underside of the breastpin, stud, button, or other similar article, in combination with a joint projecting from the under surface of said breastpin,

button, or other article and passing through all but one of the Shanks of said clasp in such a manner that when the clasp is turned back it can be readily hooked over one or both ends ot' a dress, or theA ends of asleeve or other part of a garment, can be readily entered between its shanks, and on closing it down the point penetrates the fabric between Aits Shanks, and the breastpin, button, or other article is lirmly retained-in the desired place.

It consists, further, in the application to a button 'or other` similar article of a double clasp, the main clasp being hinged to the un- .der surface ofthe button and the secondary clasp to the last shank of the double U- shaped main clasp, in combination with two pointsone projecting from the under sur-1 face of thelbutton or other-similar article and 4'the other from the inner surface of the secondary cla sp1-in such a manner that one end of a shirt-sleeve or other part of a garment can he secured iu the main and the other end in the secondary clasp, and the degree of tightness with which the shirt-sleeve or other part of a garmentis fastened can be regulated at pleasure.

To enablethosc skilled in the art'to make .and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a breastpin, stud, button, or

dated lhhruary 23, 1864.

y other similar article, ot any desired `shape or construction. Secured to the under side by meansot' a hinge, a, is the Ufshaped clasp B, which closes down by meansof aspring-catch, b, or in` any other convenient manner. Said clasp may either be constructed of two Shanks,

c d, in the shape ot' a single U, as shown in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings, or itmay be ,made with three Shanks, finally, it maybe provided with three Shanks, 'e, and with the secondary clasp C, as Shown in Fi g. 4. 1f made in its simplest form, as shown i-1 Figsfl and 2, the inner shank,c, ot' the claspis perforated to admit the point f, which projects fromthe inner surface of the breastpin or other similar article, and the outer shank, d, of' said clasp/is provided with a socket, g, to receive and protect the point when the clasp is closed'down. In order to attach the breastpiu, button, or other article to a garment, the clasp is opened and the end ofthe garment is entered between the two Shanks c d, and by turning down the breastpin-or button so as to fasten it to the loose end of the clasp, thevpointf is made to penetrate the garment, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and the breastpin, button, or other article is firmly secured to the garment.

If the clasp is made with' three Shanks, c d e, as shown in Fig. 3, the two inner shanks,

cad', are perforated with holes to admit the pointf, and the'outer shank, e, is provided with asecket, g,'.to receive and protect said point when'the clasp iS closed. In this shape the clasp can be used for the purpose of fastening a button or other similar article to a sleeve or other part of a--garment. The clasp is openedand one end ofthe sleeve is entered between the Shanks c/d and .the other between the Shanks d e, and by closing the button down the point'f is made to penetrate both ends of the sleeve .or other parts of a garment, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. -The blutton is thus firm-ly fastened and at the same time the two ends of the Sleeve or other part of the garment'are secured together. y

In order to be able to adjust the degree of tightness with which the sleeve or other part of a garment is fastened, an additionahor secondary clasp, C, may be added to the main clasp B. This secondary clasp is hinged to the shank e of the main clasp B, and it is provided with a socket, g', to protect the point c d e as shown in Fi ."3 'or i g 7 s f when the clasps are closed, said point being made to pass through the three shanks, c' d e, of the main clasp. The secondary clasp closes down over the end of the shank e of the main clasp and it is provided with a pointf, which, when said clasp. is closed, passes through the holes in the shanks e and d. of the main clasp.

In order to fasten a sleeve or' other part of a garment by 4means of this button, the two clasps B C are both turned back and one end oli. the sleeve or-part of a garment is introduced between the Shanks c' d of the main claspB and fastened by turning this clasp down. The other end of said sleeve or part- 1 of a garment isintroduced between the Shanks d e vand fastened by turning down the;sec-

ondary clasp C. The sleeve or other part of a garment can ybe opened or. unbuttoned by turning back the secondary clasp -and without linfa-stelling the main clasp ori loosening the button from the garment, and in fastening'the 5 sleeve orother part of a garment the loose end 'canbe drawn in more or less tightly and fastened by the secondary clasp, according to convenience.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

' 1. lhe single or double U-shaped clasp B, hinged to the under or inner surface of a breastpin, button, stud, or other similar a'rticle, and operating in combination with the. 

